Sadly, writer's block can befall everyone including angels toiling over a DD Report.

Erotica by the Fire Fri 8 July 18:30 + Dinner. Everyone, angels, founders, or not! Grab tickets to this little play HERE if it tickles your fancy and/or join us for dinner afterwards. Please let us know if you want to join us for dinner HERE.

See also this NBR article from yesterday about the $7m raise.

The Venture Deals online course demystifies venture capital deals and early-stage financing to give both first-time and experienced entrepreneurs leg up to secure funding. Founders & Angels! This looks good. HERE!

Y Combinator, a Silicon Valley kingmaker, is advising its portfolio founders to “plan for the worst” as startups across the globe scramble to navigate a sharp reversal after a 13-year bull run. Read more!

An interesting look back at the double-dip recession in the early 80s.The economy was weak for three years at the start of the decade. But the latter half of that decade was one of the best economies in modern times. Read more!

Startup Dunedin will be showing off all the student ventures emerging from their recent programme.MORE HERE!

AANZ and NZ Private Capital, Wed, 1 June in Auckland.
Professional Development? VC lead gen!?  More here!

Why has crypto been so disappointing? READ ON

If angel investing is like playing with fire you could do worse than talking to the water boys at Shearwater. They are co-investors in Fuel50 with FKA. Recent subscribers, they're pouring over this newsletter. Tim and Rudi caught up with them this week as they visited NZ—it was pouring with rain.

Arron and his team have just passed their positive DD report on Dacreed for final review to Charlie. Cornelius is on the Board and, of course, has recused himself from the DD progress. Give the DD report a good read when it comes out! Kami is EdTech, and so is Dacreed.

It was a great opportunity to discuss some background on deals and exits that we normally don't have time or room for during pitch nights. We will climb trees, have food and drink, and talk some more next month.

Hello Club has impressive traction in the tough space of club management. Daisy Lab can make milk without cows which sounds worth scaling! Banquer brings financial literacy to school kids. Again Again manages reusable food and drink containers. Cool Points Club is an alternative to carbon offsetting, block-chained.

Crypto Gaming is Broken. How Do We Fix It? Maybe games shouldn't cost $1,000 to play... Read ON

Emails not everyone gets! My name is Laura Rollock and I’m the co-founder of IRLY (which stands for I Really Like You). At IRLY, we are going to change the way Gen-Z dates.

Rudi - I noticed you’ve invested early stage and I’m hoping I can provide you with another pre-seed/seed investment opportunity. MORE HERE

Gorilla □: $1B+ valuation & $100m+ net revenue run rate.
Interesting article and discussion HERE!

No pitch night in May but then we're busy with DD on two deals and there is a lot else on with Techweeek in full swing. However, we'll have drinks and dinner! JOIN US!
Next Tuesday in Ponsonby! More on it from Katheren HERE.

Mon 16 May 18:00–19:00, it's FREE, just book HERE!

The CCH has booked. Angels, come out to play! □

Haha, sort of! FKA is leading DD for OneReg's next growth round. OneReg in return is helping MAUI63 which is all about saving dolphins.  MBIE PRESS! 

Chloe Fong presented at our August 2021 pitch night. But This Local Piggy is no longer. It is tough in the shadows of the big supermarkets! More HERE

Andy.Harwood@fka.nz is the champion.

Check out these Fireside Chats HERE.

Three founders that Flying Kiwi Angels have helped along the way. ?

The CCH has booked. Angels, come out to play! ?

Then fund of fund investors can jump on it to emphasise their CSR Corporate Social Responsibility. ? More on this stuff in Stuff!

AANZ and NZ Private Capital, Wed, 1 June in Auckland.
Professional Development? VC lead gen!?  More here!

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